Chapter 241

• I felt guilty. I had fallen back into old habits without thinking. In the blink of an eye, I had dug myself a hole. And I'd been a hypocrite about it. I hadn't given Kat the transparency that I demanded. I needed to fall on my sword and own my mistakes.
• But, as it turned out, lunch and me pouring my heart out to Kat was an anti-climax. Jess had tipped her off it was coming. Rita had already talked her down. It essentially was a "I'm not mad, only disappointed" conversation. I felt incredibly guilty.
• On the way home, Kat took her unexpected reaction to another level. She sat in the front seat, while Rita and Jess chatted in the back, trading bumps out of a coke bullet. As we drove, Kat leaned over and whispered in my ear.